Balancing Reserve Requirements Medium term forecast

This data file contains the forward view of requirements for each service day in the rolling window. These requirements are forecast using the same Dynamic Reserve Setting system but are produced without the detailed wind and solar data. Therefore they should be considered as a rough guide to the scale and shape of requirement. These figures are not revised closer to real time. Each day an additional day will be added to the rolling window contained within the data file. The current day being removed and appended to the archive file. For current day requirements please see the Balancing Reserve Day ahead auction requirements forecast, which is updated daily using the detailed wind and solar forecast.

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Table Information

Auction Date

Title Auction Date
Type date
Description The date of the auction event that these requirements apply to
Comment
Example 2024-01-24
Unit

Service Delivery Date

Title Service Delivery Date
Type date
Description The service day for delivery of the service.
Comment Please Note that service window 1 starts at 23:00 D-1 with regards to service date
Example 25/01/2024
Unit

Service Window

Title Service Window
Type string
Description Service window identifier
Comment Please note this is not the same as Settlement Period. The first service window, window 1 starts on 23:00 Service date-1. For GMT to BST clock change service window 7x and 8x are the repeated hour. For BST to GMT clock change day there is no service window 5 or 6
Example 7x
Unit

Service window start time

Title Service window start time
Type datetime
Description Start time and date of service window
Comment Time given in local time
Example 2024-01-24T23:00:00
Unit

Service Window End Time

Title Service Window End Time
Type datetime
Description End time and date of service window
Comment Time given in local time
Example 2024-01-20T23:29:59
Unit

Positive Balancing Reserve Requirement MW

Title Positive Balancing Reserve Requirement MW
Type integer
Description Requirement for Positive Balancing reserve
Comment
Example 651
Unit MW

Negative Balancing Reserve Requirement MW

Title Negative Balancing Reserve Requirement MW
Type integer
Description Requirement for Negative Balancing reserve
Comment
Example 751
Unit MW

Forecast produced on

Title Forecast produced on
Type date
Description Date that the forecast was produce
Comment
Example 2024-01-24
Unit

Forecast type

Title Forecast type
Type string
Description Type of forecast
Comment Either day ahead forecast or Medium term
Example Day ahead
Unit